I'm a big dick

Chapter 45

Yang Lian pursed the corners of his mouth, and said with a bit of complaint: "It's just the honor of being a queen, I don't understand why you are so flattering?"

Zhao Nanxing shook his head lightly, and said: "Wen Ru, this is serious! It's just an intention to befriend you, so what's the point of flattery? Besides, Zhang Guozhang also admires Donglin's theory, and he seems to be in a sympathetic way."

Yang Lian remained silent, disdainful in her heart, but on this occasion, it's not easy to get entangled and argue.

How can he not understand the thoughts of this group of people, influence the queen through Zhang Guoji, and then influence the emperor through the queen.Even if it can't be affected, it is very useful to be able to reveal the emperor's emotions and thoughts.

Ye Xianggao gently put down his wine glass, and said slowly: "If Zhang Guozhang has any scruples, don't force it."

Gao Panlong nodded lightly, and said: "Old Man Ge's words are very true. As the saying goes: rushing to the top is not a business. We are condescending, and he is cold-faced, which is meaningless."

Sun Shenxing looked at this and that, with displeasure on his face.It is easy for you to say this now, but it was not the idea that everyone discussed at the beginning, because the emperor's wedding ceremony was complicated, and Zhang Guoji made many friends.

But no one comforted him, because everyone's eyes were focused on a minister who was summoned by the emperor.

Xu Guangqi was suddenly promoted by the young emperor, and every performance must be accurate, and the holy family is in prosperity.

"I congratulate Your Majesty on your great wedding." Xu Guangqi finished his congratulations, and then said: "Zhang Tao and Sun Xueshi have bought 22 cannons in Macau. The price given by the Portuguese is very favorable. The remaining Portuguese gunners and an interpreter will soon be escorted to Beijing by Zhang Tao."

After the Ming and Jin wars broke out, although the Ming army had many firearms, they lost more than they won, and the situation in Liaodong became worse day by day.

At that time, Xu Guangqi went to the imperial court, advocating the introduction of advanced western firearms and military training methods to re-arm the Ming army, so as to reverse the decline of the Liaodong battlefield.

In the first year of Taichang, with the approval of the imperial court, Xu Guangqi entrusted Li Zhizao and others to send Zhang Tao and Sun Xueshi to Macau to buy firearms from Portuguese merchants.

After several selections, Zhang Tao and others purchased four Hongyi cannons.After the test firing, the power is really amazing.

After hearing the reports from Zhang Tao and others, Xu Guangqi immediately wrote to the imperial court: "Today, the unique firearms are the first priority... Those who can defeat the enemy and conquer the victor only have the magic cannon."

Although the bureaucrats of the Ming court were quite inefficient and did not pay much attention to the guns and artillery of the Xiyi people, after repeated discussions, they still sent Zhang Tao and Sun Xueshi as imperial envoys to buy artillery in Macau and hire Western artillery masters. What happened before Ye Xuan traveled through his body.

Whether it's Taichang or Zhen Tianqi's decision.When Ye Xuan, who is now Emperor Tianqi, heard the news, he was still so excited beyond words.

This is exactly what he is going to do, since it has been done in advance, then he will take over and continue to carry forward.

"What about the Portuguese muskets, will they also send a team of musketeers?" Zhu Youxiao asked anxiously: "There are also Portuguese technicians who make muskets, have you hired them?"

Xu Guangqi bowed and said: "Your Majesty's order will be issued later, and the Portuguese still have to make some preparations. The imperial envoy Sun Xueshi will stay in Macau and continue to complete the mission entrusted by His Majesty."

Zhu Youxiao nodded, and asked Xu Guangqi: "The quality problem of the bird gun made by the Military Weapons Supervision Bureau, can you find the root cause? Is it iron, or smelting, or there is a problem with the manufacturing method?"

Xu Guangqi was a little hesitant, but he still played it truthfully: "According to the investigation and analysis of Weichen, the quality of the firearms made by the Military Weapons Supervision is not good, and the most important thing is the disadvantage of the craftsman system."

After a pause, Xu Guangqi continued: "During the Wanli period, Zhao Shizhen, a scholar in the Hall of Martial Arts, once made a sophisticated analysis, and I have summarized it into a memorial, which will be presented to the imperial audience tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" Zhu Youxiao frowned and asked, "Have you ever brought the memorial with you, and now I will show it to you."

"Today is Your Majesty's day of great joy—" Xu Guangqi hesitated for a moment, then said, "It is because I did not bring the memorial."

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "Xu Qing can roughly say that I also understand the disadvantages of this artisan household system."

Xu Guangqi was very relieved to see the young emperor's eagerness, which showed his concern for the country's major affairs. He thought about his words and tried his best to give a short explanation in common words.

Zhao Shizhen was an outstanding firearms development expert in the Ming Dynasty. He developed and improved a variety of firearms in his life. He was good at writing and poetry. Discussion" and other treatises on firearm research and development, use training, etc.

In the history of ancient Chinese science and technology, Zhao Shizhen can be compared with Ming Dynasty scientists Song Yingxing and Xu Guangqi, and he is quite a powerful figure.

In "Sacred Artifacts", Zhao Shizhen compared the Lumi blunderbuss, bird blunderbuss, Western blunderbuss, and Japanese iron guns, and found that the Lumi blunderbuss had the best performance, the Western blunderbuss ranked second, the Japanese iron guns ranked third, and the bird blunderbuss was at the bottom.

In the process of researching firearms, Zhao Shizhen also discovered a strange phenomenon, that is, the performance of the genuine military bird guns used in the Ming Dynasty was not as good as the private pirated bird guns, which were exported to Southeast Asia and were welcomed by the locals.

After analysis, Zhao Shizhen found the reason, and believed that China was not unable to make excellent firearms, but because of a stupid and backward system.

I do not want Seiko ears in China, so I have to be Seiko.This sentence reveals the fact that the ordnance production in the Ming Dynasty lacked supervision and was shoddy.

"...China is completely public. There are officials who don't know how to build, generals who don't know how to use them, and soldiers who don't know how to release and tidy them up. In public affairs, craftsmen are definitely not willing to do their best; officials who supervise construction, those who love themselves only want to save, and those who don't know how to restrain themselves Falling, once frugal and restrained, it will be difficult to practice the law. There is no profit in the front, and no fear of the law in the back. I am confused, and it is enough to simplify things up and down, Anwang Jinggong?"

Xu Guangqi made the final summary, and what he recounted was basically the conclusion made by Zhao Shizhen.

Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment, smiled wryly, and said: "However Xu Aiqing wants to change, even if I play the charter, I fully support it."

After a pause, the young emperor continued: "I also have some ideas and suggestions, and I will hand them over to Xu Qing. If they agree, they will be used, and if they don't agree, they will be discarded."

Xu Guangqi bowed his body and saluted, and responded respectfully: "I obey the order, and I will definitely live up to your Majesty's expectations. I will reform the long-standing shortcomings as soon as possible, and produce fine-crafted firearms."

Craftsmen, like guard soldiers, had low social status and looked like serfs. How could they have enthusiasm and enthusiasm for work?
There is no distinction between public and private, unclear rewards and punishments, coupled with bureaucratic corruption and officials cutting corners, it is conceivable how many of the toys produced are qualified.

Zhu Youxiao must know something about the production rules, procedures, and reward and punishment systems of later generations of factories and enterprises.What responsibility system, what assembly line, whether it can be used, let Xu Guangqi figure it out!

(End of this chapter)